First differencing with control variables

[Azriel Alfajri]

Hi everyone,

I'm now analyzing 2-time period panel data to see the effect of life goals on happiness in Indonesia.
So, here are the variables i am using:
- Dependent: Happy (happy/not)
- Independent: Success goal, prosocial behavior, religiosity
- Control: age, sex, health status, income, attending school/not

I know very little about Statistics, do you know how to run the first difference estimation with those variables?
thanks in advance!

[Andrew Musau]

See

help xtlogit

Here, you will find examples demonstrating estimations using the conditional-logit fixed effects estimator. There is no first-differencing, you are conditioning the fixed effects out of the likelihood.